Run Cocoa Run, Save Yourself…

“Run Cocoa run, save yourself…” screams my daughter as I chase after my dog in a fit of rage. I was angry, angry enough where my daughter noticed my facial expressions, frustration and tone. I had all the “right” to be angry. I have a super hyper overly intelligent Cockapoo and she… I was angry for… well, no good reason. After playing it all back in my head I had absolutely no good reason for going bananas.

Do you?

We all get angry. Most of us have said things we regret in anger. A lot of us have even done things we regret in anger. Its such a raw and powerful emotion that typically gets the best of us; usually over silly things, selfish mostly and hold little to no value in the greater scheme of things.

Jesus too, got angry. He looked at the Pharisees in “anger” and was “deeply distressed” because they too missed the bigger picture. “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill,” Jesus asked. See, his anger was selfless; it was righteous. He wanted to restore a man with a “shriveled hand” but the Pharisees were concerned about upholding the Sabbath. (Mark 3:1-6).

What concerns you to the point of anger? What makes you angry?

The fact that their are homeless people in our communities, children that are molested, domestic violence on our streets, drug dealers on our blocks, walking dead people that we do life with whom have yet to know Christ personally?

No. We get angry because there’s no toilet paper in the bathroom, because no one took the garbage out or washed the dishes or because our children are not listening.

What about the fact that there are millions of people in dire need of physical and spiritual restoration?

We truly need a new perspective.